I’m back!  Not that you ever realized I was gone!  I was gone, though.  I took a short vacation to Pennsylvania to visit a friend and a farm.  I had  a wonderful time out of the city.  I got to eat some wonderful real food, much of it grown at the house where I ate it!  I’ll have more to share about the farm I visited, and maybe some photos, but for now I wanted to share a few links.

I read quite a few blogs, and there were a lot of interesting posts waiting for me when I came back.  These are a few posts that I thought were full of good and interesting information I simply must pass on.

Sally Fallon Interviews on Hartke is Online! – I love Fallon’s books Nourishing Traditions and Eat Fat, Lose Fat.  I’ve cooked many of her recipes and had them all turn out, plus, she only uses whole foods and traditional ingredients.  She stresses the importance of traditional foods and especially traditional fats.  Give her a listen!

High Fructose Corn Syrup Warning on Hartke is Online! – As if I needed more reasons to get this stuff out of my food supply.  But just in case you or someone you know isn’t convinced, send them this link.

Big Corporations Dictate What We Eat at Agricultural Society – Title says it all.

Three Great Traditional Food Videos at  Nourished Kitchen – Videos on making Kombuchu and Fermented Vegetables, and Sally Fallon discusses diet and emotional health.

Fish at Whole Foods at The Slow Cook – If you eat fish (and it is a healthy choice to do so), we are often faced with the reality that what we are doing is not healthy for the planet.  Overfishing and poor fishing practices deplete ocean stock.  Here is a post listing some fish available at a local Whole Foods and if it is a good choice or poor choice.

Heartburn information from Natural Bias – A great article on heartburn.  What causes it, how to treat it, and how antacids and other pills for it are about the worse thing you should do.

Phew!  More later, but I hope this gives you something to read and think about as I get a post together about the farm I visited.  Also, tomorrow I will be seeing FOOD INC. I’m quite excited to see it and I’ll try and post a review.

Plus I made a versatile sauce using lovage that I’d love to share with you, and I’ll be trying to make chicken stock in the crockpot for the first time this weekend.  Lots going on, so stay tuned…

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